From: Alain Magloire <alainm AT rcsm DOT ece DOT mcgill DOT ca>
Message-Id: <199905121855.OAA27122@mccoy2.ECE.McGill.CA>
Subject: Re: $HOSTNAME doesn't override library code
To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 14:55:02 -0400 (EDT)
In-Reply-To: <3738C473.D2105F0D@meridian22.net> from "Richard Dawe" at May 12, 99 00:59:47 am
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Bonjour 

> I've just been looking at the source file
> src/libc/compat/unistd/gethostn.c and I noticed that you cannot override
> the string returned by gethostname() by setting $HOSTNAME. Would it not be
> better to let the user override it? Otherwise programs are stuck with the
> ugly LAN Manager names - no DNS domain name, etc.

Should not the application be link with the library

cc -o app app.c -lsocket

libsocket.a should overide libc .. no ?


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au revoir, alain
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Aussi haut que l'on soit assis, on est toujours assis que sur son cul !!!